Risa Gearhart-Serna, a PhD student in Pathology, studying in the lab of Gayathri Devi, PhD, Associate Professor in Surgical Sciences, has been selected to receive the Duke Environmental Health Scholars (EHS) award for her project “Identifying Aggressive Breast Cancer Outcome Correlations with Environmental Contaminant Exposure: A Geospatial Analysis Project Using…

On a recent trip to West China, PhD student Teilo Schaller visited the West China Hospital, Sichuan University. The department of neurosurgery invited him to give a research update for their clinicians, researchers, and students in a session hosted by Prof. Liu Yanhui . Young residents in the neurosurgery department…

Once again, the PhD Program Pig Pickin hosted by Dr. Herman Staats was a southern classic good time! PhD Students, Graduate Faculty, family and friends gathered at the Staats Ranch on May 5th for classic BBQ and all the trimmings. Pork and Chicken were expertly prepared by Dr. Staats on…

See many photos from the day at our Pathology News link This year we chose to have our day-long retreat at the aptly named University Tower, in Durham. We occupied the top-most (17th)  floor of the building which provided us with a panoramic view of the city of Durham and…

Congratulations to Bill Diplas who has completed the PhD portion of his MD/PhD program. Students and Faculty gathered to celebrate his achievement on April 19th, 2018.  As well as celebrating his graduation, we also cheered his achievements as a peer mentor with an award certificate and gifts. Bill has gone…

It was Chinese New Year, and Duke Pathology PhD students gathered for a dumpling retreat in celebration of the”Year of the Dog”. Organized by Yuanfan Yang and hosted by Steven Shen, the event turned out to be both delicious and informative. For many of us, myself included, it was the…